Did Jesus create the Catholic church?

Answer 1

The word catholic means "universal" Christ created a church for all so in technical terms he did create the Catholic church.

Roman Catholic AnswerYes, the Church was born from the side of Jesus on the cross, when blood and water flowed out, and was shown to the world at Pentecost, fifty days later when the Father sent the Holy Spirit.

Answer 2

Yes, the Catholic Church is the oldest of all Christian denominations. All the other one directly or indirectly split off from the Catholic Church.

Yes, Jesus most certainly did. The Catholic faith emanated from God from the beginning of time, and was established on earth definitively from the side of Jesus Christ on the cross outside of Jerusalem when He side was pierced by a spear, around 33 A.D.. Then it was shown to the world at Pentecost with the coming of the Holy Spirit, fifty-three days later. ''from'' The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994766 The Church is born primarily of Christ's total self-giving for our salvation, anticipated in the institution of the Eucharist and fulfilled on the cross. "The origin and growth of the church are symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the 'wondrous sacrament of the whole Church.'" Sacrosanctum concilium 5) As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam's side, so the church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross. (Cf. St. Ambrose, In Luc. 2, 85-89: J.P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Latina {Paris: 1841-1855} 15, 1666-1668)

767 "When the work which the Father gave the Son to do on earth was accomplished, the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost in order that he might continually sanctify the Church." (Lumen gentium 4; cf. Jn 17:4) The "the Church was openly displayed to the crowds and the spread of the gospel among the nations, through preaching, was begun." (Ad gentes 4) As the "convocation" of all men for salvation, the Church in her very nature is missionary, sent by Christ to all the nations to make disciples of them. (Cf. Mt 28:19-20; Ad gentes 2; 5-6)

Answer 3

No, the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ through his apostles. Constantine called the Council of Nicaea at the request of the bishops primarily to settle the Arian controversy in the Greek-speaking east. In the process the Council set forth the basic beliefs of the Church in the Nicene Creed, and established a method for determining the date of Easter each year and set the foundation of canon law.

Answer 4

No, John Calvin did not start the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church was started by Jesus Christ. Calvin was a heretic who taught the Doctrine of predestination - which is not in Scripture nor in Sacred Tradition and takes away from Man a God given gift: Free Will. Besides, he was born some 1600 years after the founding of the Church.

Answer 5

No, he didn't. He is the "foundation" rather than the "founder" of a spirituality. With time, his male followers "created" a church or institution in his name which emanated from the old Jewish religion and ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology.

Answer:

Yes, he did. He did this by leaving his flock in the hands of St. Peter, the rock upon which the Church is built. Peter was the very first pope.

Answer:

Yes, Jesus created His Church, The Catholic Church 2000 years ago. And She, this same Christian Church, has been with us for all of those 2000 years and She will remain as the Witness to Christ until the end of the World. The primary difference between The Catholic Church today and when She was born at Pentecost is that today's Church is exponentially larger, and more complicated to preserve -- in terms of faith & morals -- than it was when She was much smaller and located primarily in the Middle East.

The Catholic Church is exactly what Her name describes: universal. The Catholic Church is the universal Church of Christ. You can go anywhere in the world and the Catholic Church is the SAME -- same liturgy, same doctrine and teachings on faith & morals. Only thing that is different is cultural (i.e., the attire of the priest, the music, the flowers, manner in which holy days are celebrated, etc.)

Catholic AnswerThe Catholic faith emanated from God from the beginning of time, and was established on earth definitively from the side of Jesus Christ on the cross outside of Jerusalem when He side was pierced by a spear, around 33 A.D.. Then it was shown to the world at Pentecost with the coming of the Holy Spirit, fifty-three days later. One interesting note: The Bible (the New Testament) was written entirely by early Bishops of the Catholic Church, and the books that we have now - contained in the New Testament, was approved by the Catholic Church at a Council of the Catholic Church, which is interesting as the Bible is often cited as an authority, and actually the Bible is nothing other than the preaching of the Catholic Church, it was never intended to be an Encyclopedia of all knowledge about the Church of Christ. If you read the Bible, itself, you realize that the only one that Our Blessed Lord, and His apostles said would contain all knowledge (necessary for salvation) it is the Church, NOT the Bible. In other words, Jesus created the Catholic Church, and the Catholic Church created the New Testament. The Canon approved by the third Synod of Carthage (397 CE)The first council that accepted the present New Testament canon was the Synod of Hippo Regius in North Africa (393 CE); however, the acts of the council are lost. A brief summary of the acts was read at and accepted by the third Synod of Carthage. Canon 24. Besides the canonical Scriptures, nothing shall be read in church under the name of divine Scriptures. Moreover, the canonical Scriptures are these: [then follows a list of Old Testament books]. The [books of the] New Testament: the Gospels, four books; the Acts of the Apostles, one book; the Epistles of Paul, thirteen; of the same to the Hebrews; one Epistle; of Peter, two; of John, apostle, three; of James, one; of Jude, one; the Revelation of John. Concerning the confirmation of this canon, the transmarine Church shall be consulted. On the anniversaries of martyrs, their acts shall also be read.

from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994

759 "The eternal Father, in accordance with the utterly gratuitous and mysterious design of his wisdom and goodness, created the whole universe and chose to raise up men to share his own divine life." (Lumen gentium 2) to which he calls all men in his Son. "The Father . . . determined to call together in a holy Church those who should believe in Christ." (Lumen gentium 2) This "family of God" is gradually formed and takes shape during the stages of human history, in keeping with the Father's plan. In fact, "already present in figure at the beginning of the world, this Church was prepared in marvelous fashion in the history of the people of Israel and the old Alliance. Established in this last age of the world and made manifest in the outpouring of the Spirit, it will be brought to glorious completion at the end of time. (Lumen gentium 2)

766 The Church is born primarily of Christ's total self-giving for our salvation, anticipated in the institution of the Eucharist and fulfilled on the cross. "The origin and growth of the church are symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the 'wondrous sacrament of the whole Church.'" Sacrosanctum concilium 5) As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam's side, so the church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross. (Cf. St. Ambrose, In Luc. 2, 85-89: J.P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Latina {Paris: 1841-1855} 15, 1666-1668)

767 "When the work which the Father gave the Son to do on earth was accomplished, the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost in order that he might continually sanctify the Church." (Lumen gentium 4; cf. Jn 17:4) The "the Church was openly displayed to the crowds and the spread of the gospel among the nations, through preaching, was begun." (Ad gentes 4) As the "convocation" of all men for salvation, the Church in her very nature is missionary, sent by Christ to all the nations to make disciples of them. (Cf. Mt 28:19-20; Ad gentes 2; 5-6)

Answer:

1. When Jesus spoke those words to Peter: "Peter, you are rock and upon this rock I will build MY Church. . . " Jesus spoke in Aramaic, not Greek. In Aramaic, the word for rock & pebble are the same: Kepha. When Jesus' statement was written ("recorded") in Greek, the writer used the masculine form of "rock" (Petros) to identify a male, Peter, instead of using the feminine version (Petra). Also, pretty much all non-Catholic Christian Biblical Scholars today accept that Peter is the Rock upon which Jesus built HIS Church. What is questioned/debated, now, among biblical scholars is whether Peter's authority is handed down to successors or whether that unique/singular authority that Jesus gave to Peter ended with Peter. The authority of which I refer is the REST of what Jesus said to Peter in front of all the apostles:

"You are Peter (rock) and upon this rock I will build MY Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. I give YOU [Peter] the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven and whatsoever you [Peter] shall bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven and whatsoever you [Peter] shall loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven."

Jesus, clearly, gave Peter very serious authority and power in His Church and Jesus promised, here, that essentially Peter would not err on any matter of "faith or morals" -- what Peter "bound" and "loosed" on earth would be the Truth -- bound and loosed in Heaven as well. There's a lot more, biblically, to this but it would take a lot of writing to explain and it's already been done, in tremendous detail, already.

2. Pope Boniface VII most likely did say that "it is altogether necessary to salvation for every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff" but he would have said this with specific clarifiers which, if disclosed, would make more theological sense as to why this pope said what he said in 1302, A.D. (Anno Domini).

3. No way did Pope Pius IX ever say, or write in any document, that HE (not Jesus) "is the way, the truth and the life." That is blatant and grave heresy and Pius IX categorically never said such an outrageous thing. Pius IX was totally devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ. In fact, Pope Pius IX is currently being considered for sainthood (along with John XXIII). Pius IX has already been designated: "Blessed" . . .and that only occurs after very thorough Church investigation into everything Pius IX ever said, did or wrote. Pius IX could/would never be given the designation of "Blessed" IF he had ever blasphemed in such a grave manner as to describe himself as The Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Answer 6

No, Jesus Christ started the Church (CCC* 770-780) and Peter was the prince of the Apostles (CCC* 816).

Catechism of the Catholic Church 2nd Edition 1994

Answer 7

Well of course he did.

Jesus chose the 12 foundation stones (the 12 apostle) (Judas being replaced by Matthias).